Feersum Endjinn cover art

Feersum Endjinn

 Preview

Get 30 days of Standard free

£5.99/mo after trial. Cancel monthly.
Try for £0.00
More purchase options

Feersum Endjinn

By: Iain M. Banks
Narrated by: Peter Kenny
Try for £0.00

£5.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for £17.94

Buy Now for £17.94

Summary

The novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. With breathtaking imagination and extraordinary storytelling, they have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre.

Count Sessine is about to die for the very last time . . .

Chief Scientist Gad­fium is about to receive the mysterious message she has been awaiting from the Plain of Sliding Stones . . .

Bascule the Teller, in search of an ant, is about to enter the chaos of the crypt . . .

This is the time of the encroachment and everything is about to change. Although the dimming sun still shines on the vast, towering walls of Serehfa Fastness, the end is close at hand. The King knows it, his closest advisers know it, and the crypt knows it too; so an emissary has been sent - an emissary who holds the key to all their futures.

Books by Iain M. Banks:
Consider Phlebas
The Player of Games
Use of Weapons
Excession
Inversions
Look to Windward
Matter
Surface Detail
The Hydrogen Sonata
The State of the Art
Against a Dark Background
Feersum Endjinn
The Algebraist

©1994 Iain M. Banks (P)2012 Hachette Digital Fantasy Science Fiction Fiction Thought-Provoking Game
adbl_web_anon_alc_button_suppression_c

Critic reviews

"Another truly impressive piece of work from the pen of a master storyteller" (Starburst)

"Dazzlingly original" (Daily Mail)

"Banks is a phenomenon: the widly successful, fearlessly creative author of brilliant and disturbing non-genre novels, he's equally at home writing pure science fiction of a peculiarly gnarly energy and elegance" (William Gibson)
All stars
Most relevant
Very interesting and enjoyable story, a bit confusing at first but still fun to try to work out what's going on, though I would have preferred some things to have been explained earlier. Brilliant characters and fantastic ideas, with several characters' stories running alongside each other. The book has a well thought out and described world, giving it a sweeping sci-fi epic feel which I really liked. Very good book!

Narration is great. All the characters have distinct voices, and Bascule's section is particularly good. In the actual book, his sections are written phonetically, which can make them a struggle to follow:

"Woak up. Got dresd. Had brekfast. Spoke wif Ergates thi ant who sed itz juss been wurk wurk wurk 4 u lately master Bascule, Y dont u ½ a holiday?"

Listening to the audiobook avoids this problem, and I much preferred it, as it didn't break the flow of the story. However, if you want the true experience of reading his sections as they were written, then you'll need to get the book. Personally, I'd recommend the audio instead.

Interesting story, great narration

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Banks was one of the most original writers of hard SciFi, who's mind seemed to be brimming with twisted ideas. His writing was always a pleasure to read though he never let you into his stories easily, I always felt he was bringing me in partway through the story and I was always playing catch-up. And, as fun as that often is it can be hard work.

My one quibble with this and its not the first time I've felt this at the end of one of his books is that he fluffs it and leaves it unresolved or tries to wrap it all up without wrapping it all up. it can be very unsatisfying.

The reading though for this is brilliant. The Bascule sections are amazing.

Typically Banksian.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I always felt the phonetic spelling for Bascilles narration spoilt the flow of the book which is both brilliant and Feersumly inventive . I have listened to a few audio books by Iain Banks including other performers and Peter Kenny was simply outstanding. His range across a wide variety of characters was truly impressive. For me this is the best audio book performance to date and really brought the book to life.

Flawless delivery by Peter Kenny.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
One of the best books I have read / listened to in the last decade. This is a really good production with a great actor reading it.

Stunning story

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I never managed to figure out what this story Was about.
Not your typical Iain Banks story unfortunately.

Very confusing story.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews